Show M T T T t hom A 6 i afy e c paragraphs 1 v s t cyin a T h c aej 5 im l jl j l l t 4 LAI LA 14 J oil it if you would gather all the tender memories all the lights and shades eliades of af the heart all and reunions re unions all filial fraternal paternal and conjugal affections sad and you had only just four letters with which to spoil spell out that height and depth and length and breadth and magnitude and eternity ot of meaning you would with streaming eyes and trembling embling Ir v voice olce and agitated hand write it out in those tour four ah living ing capitals atals 9 H HOME O M 0 E 0 0 the man who makes money in a community has hao a duty to perform to hat that community it may be that he has ma made de his money by his superior business buBl ness ability and that he would have hate done as well anywhere that does not alter the case if his bis gifts aar are e great his responsibility la is equally squally as great no man was placed on earth for the sole purpose of making money and the man who has bas this as its his ideal had better never have been born it is not an act of 0 charity but the performance of a simple duty tor for the man mail who has hag made money to pass a little of it on tor for the benefit of the community even though he never expects to see a dollar of his contribution back 0 CHARITY AT HOME no reward comes to him who robs himself of what lie ho needs to sustain life and health or what is needed to care for his own merely to give to those who ask no man has a right to give what is not fully his on no right to give away any time that be longs to another to create poverty in order to relieve poverty to lose the respect of his home ones or to do what will weaken their faith in him as a provider and a protector mans duty Is to god and lie he discharges the duty when he is true to the family that is the result of his making and begetting men err by withholding when they have means to spare as well as not and they err by giving heedlessly to the endless asking of 0 those whose great aim aim in life is to attach themselves to those inclined to charity help those who fire in sickness in trouble and distress it if you can do so without robbing your creditors yourself or your family faintly be aust just and then be generous to give wisely is a an art to give well is to give sues successfully fully to provide employment Is even humane and wise but you should give it or find it to those who try to deserve deerve such assistance not to those who are lazy dirty shiftless careless and indifferent to your success let those who will not tr try y to come up just a little higher with your help remain where they are except you are able to give m 0 0 no man has a right to walk deliberately libera tely into poverty in order to prove his manhood a disposition to humanity this Is not th rhevay eway to help mankind or to serve your country when a man Is stricken flown down then help him it if you can but do not encourage him to tall fall again and to keep on tailing falling simply to be helped do not be a miser nor yet a spendthrift spend thrift do not be selfish but be careful to preserve your own health means and ability to help those who will be with us tomorrow as well as today 0 0 what Is it that makes a home all men and women have the indefinite knowledge of what they want and long tor for when the word ts Is spoken home sighs the disconsolate bachelor tired 0 of boarding house fare are and shirts home 11 says the wanderer in foreign alanl lands as he thinks of mothers love ot of wife and sister and child the word has in it a higher meaning hallowed by religion and when the christ tan would express the highest of his hopes tor for a better life he speaks of ills his home beyond the grave the word home has in it tlc alo elements of love rest per mancy and liberty but besides these it lias has in it the idea 0 of an education by which all that is purest within us Is developed into nobler forms fit for a higher life the little child by the home fireside was taken on the masters knee when lie he would explain to ills 1119 disciples the mysteries of the kingdom 9 0 0 TELL HER SO 80 amid the cares of married life in spite ot of toil and business strife Et rito if you value your sweet wife tell her so prove to her you dont forget the bond to which the seal is set she ashes I 1 a of lifes sweetest the sweetest yettell her so BO when the days are dark and deeply blue she has her troubles same as you show her that your love is true tell her so eo you feel it dreaming or awake your love for lier her is no mistake dont conceal it for her sake tell her so there was a time you thought it bliss to got get the favor ot of one kiss A dozen now wont come amiss tell her so dont act it if she has passed her prime As though to please her was a crime it ere you loved her the time tell her so BO shell return for each caress A hundred told fold ot of tenderness t hearts like hers were made to bless tell her so BO you aro are hers and hers alone I 1 well you know ashes all your own I 1 dont wait to carve it on a stone I 1 tell her so never let her heart grow cold richer beauties will untold unfold she Is worth her weight in gold tell her SO BO detroit free press 0 0 0 of all the love affairs in the world none can surpass the true love oi of the big boy boy tor for his mother it Is pure and noble honorable in the highest degree to both we do not mean merely dutiful affection we mean love which makes a boy gallant and courteous to his mother saying baying to everybody plainly that he is fairly in love with her next the love ot of a husband nothing so crowns a womans comans life with I 1 honor as this second love this devotion I 1 of a son to her and we never yet knew a boy to turn out badly i who began by falling in love with his mother any man may tall fall in love with a fresh faced girl and the man who is gallant with the girl may cruelly neglect the worn and weary wife but the boy who Is a lover of his mother in her middle age is a true knight I 1 who will love his wife as much in the sore sere leaved autumn as lie did in the springtime 1 1 to us it looks looka as s t though hough tho trade ot of the country la Is so scattered that the town which puts forth the most e fiort in that direction this spring will eventually succeed in landing tar far more than her legitimate share of 0 business at pre present fent while time hangs on the hands bands ot of the average man lie takes time to look around and then spends his money where it will go the farthest and to us it seems that the merchant who otters offers him good values tor for his money will eventually reap golden rewards in the way ot of his future trade this fact we would impress upon the minds ot of uio people and ald we would also ask them to aid us in establishing the fact that in our town can be found better bargains than in any other in this section it if we once get this fact established our town will soon be handling tar far more trade than rightfully belongs to her let us join hands and make this so we like to work and we like to see others work but we just arise to remark that when wo we get to be worth as much money as aa some we know work with us will cease wo we could never discover why men sixty to seventy years of age worth from forty to one hundred thousand dollars dollars should continue to toll from early until late and in all kinds ot of weather we like to see a man provide something for his family after he is gone but the average boy Is better ott off it not left too much property you who have labored your three score years should stop work vork and enjoy life the few faw short years you have left to remain with us 0 0 many more towns die tor for want ot of confidence on the part of 0 the business men and lack of public spirit than from opposition of neighboring towns and adverse surroundings e 0 0 we have tried in all possible ways to show our appreciation of 0 the liberal patron go given us since the first farst day of our coming to this city in the columns of our paper we have fought tor for our town to the best of our ability we would not be egotistical but believe that by using this paper as a weapon we have been enabled to render some gome assistance to the enterprise and growth of our little city where Is the man so happy as the one who applies himself to manual labor where Is the home so happy as the one where each member of the household feels at the close of 0 the day that thy have performed some at least of the many duties devolving upon them there may be a clash some day between capital and labor should this period ever come the hope Is that labor with the conquering tread of a hero will trample tram pla beneath its heel the power that has to a extent made labor laborious we axe are all laborers in our little city 0 who says a woman has haa nothing to do in one years she cooks breakfast dinner and supper each times limes washes dishes 1095 times gets the children ready tor for school twice a day tor for days and puts the baby to sleep 1660 1560 times not to mention a few other odd jobs 0 0 0 the man who sits down to wait for something to turn up will need a cushion on his seat the big head Is a popular way of expressing a common and very frequent ailment it arises from various sources but the real coanda ton tion is a incer u af sense A tic 10 money develops it in sime people a few good clothes gives it to others a little office where a chance Is given to exercise a little authority Is often the cause of it while others get it having a little better job than their associates the truth Is no sensible person gets the big head the one who becomes stuck up and stiff necked from sources ot of any kind are weak in the intellectual caliber dont call our mother old woman wo we often hear that from young men stop and think how it sounds old lady is 13 bad eno enough lugh but the old woman applied to her who gave you lile life and nursed your infancy Is rude and unkind once it was mother im hungry mother other mend my jacket mother put up my dinner and many such things and mother would spread the bread with butter and stow away luncheon with her heart brimming with affection tor for you now Is she the old woman 0 0 0 it takes but a little push to start a stone rolling down hill and many a heavyhearted heavy 1 hearted huflan being has been sent into the depths because ot of a push in the wrong direction it may be because it is easier to push than to pull that we move along with the crowd saying inwardly each one tor for himself and scarce think it worth while to lend a helping hand where it Is most needed why Is it a careless seven year old kid can drop a helt helf burned match in any alley and burn up all the barns in a block while an able bodied man has to use up a whole box ot of matches to get a wood fire started in a heater that has dratt draft enough to draw all the furniture up tho the stove pipe I 1 do you like tho the neighbor who Is eternally borrowing and never returning now tell the truth do you of course not nobody does 0 0 the backyard tells better than the front doorstep the housekeeper 0 0 TUG GROUND HOG one ot of the events of the american calendar la is the ground hogs traditional excursion from his hole on day to ascertain it if spring has really come this little beast alias the woodchuck Is not found everywhere in this country but he is well enough known his effort to see his shadow Is discussed february 2 by millions of people the tact fact that he is supposed to retire to his hole if the weather Is is an ironical twist ot of tradition and suggests a feeling ot of the perversity and fickleness of nature perhaps one reason tor for this widespread interest la in the ground hog la is the tact fact that millions of farmer boys have hae always found them their hereditary foe oe while other animals cautiously seek secluded homes mr woodchuck impudently burrows at the edge of the garden on which he fattens his twinkling brown heels always reach the hole ahead of its his pursur ers and he enjoys the sleep of the just while boys and dogs make futile efforts to smoke drown or dig him out quite frequently he has cheerily cherr cher lly rily escaped by the homes back door while these siege operations are going on no boy who ever lived in the ground hog belt forgets this traditional feud when day comes around surely so wise and resourceful a ditl Us tle creature must know the secrets of nature and the weather bureau should watch him 0 0 4 PRINTED MTH A speaker before the illinois federation of clubs warned mothers against the popular kopul ar books and magazines which she deems it dangerous tor for girls to read one of the strong statements made was that robert W chambers has done more to tear down the american home and decent living than any other man in america while this assertion is too extreme perhaps yet tho the pernicious influence of stories of the chambers typo type is generally recognized by those vho aho ho keep studious watch upon current literature and its effects both in maga magazines zineb and books of a certain type there seems to be a keen rivalry as to which ol of these publications can go farthest lart hest into realms ot of the risque and glaze over vice and infidelities in the home and in society with more or less brilliant verbiage the home breaker Is lionized in these stories and marital unfaithfulness la Is apotheosized the most banal anbu ances are aprea spread d abroad under the cloak of brilliance in literary style although some of this literary carrion la Is illy concealed by the verbal garbage that Is thrown over it there is filth and moral poison in the tha books and magazines of the smart type the gleeful laugh of happy children la 19 the best home music and the graceful figures the best statuary we are all kings and queens in the tha cradle cradie and each babe Is a new bew marvel a new miracle the unaffected lamentations when he lifts up his voice on high or more beautiful the sobbing child the faco face all liquid grief as ho he tries to swallow his vexation soften all hearts to pity and to mirthful and clamorous clamor ou compassion the small email despot asks so little that all reasons and all nature are on his side his ignorance la is more charming than all knowledge and his little litile sins more bewitching than virtue ills flesh la Is angels flesh all alive born wo we are not ill all born with the sunshine in our hearts as the irish people prettily term it but we can all coax some of it in there it if we only try 0 the government mints cant make dimes nickles and pennies fast enough to meet the demand but dont let that retard you in whacking up your subscription even dollars are accepted at par in this office the newspaper is the great industrial educator of the age and is the channel ot of communication between the producer and the consumer it brings the city to the farm and the farm to the city gives information of the markets etc and reading the paper should be as much a part of the work of the farmer as feeding his stock 0 the local paper Is the only one identified with home interests it takes note of 0 every happening in your town and you will find a weekly record of everything of interest transpiring in in the place it furnishes a complete compendium of its history and the longer it continues the more are its interests interwoven with yours it gives your town notoriety and reputation abroad and puts it in close relation with the outside world it is a living indicator of your dally daily business and a chronicler ot of all that transpires from us day y to day and year to year stand by it and encourage it to go on improving and adding to your prosperity during the year 1917 the time to bo be jolly Is when everything Is going wrong and you are way down in the mouth with the blues that is a mighty nice thing to preach but almighty hard to practice how Is a fellow to be jolly when lie |